Milk extract of wild spikenard.



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MILK EXTRACT OF WILD SPIKENARD.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 15, 1910.

Application filed June 8, 1909. Serial No. 500,977.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk Extract ofWild Spikenard; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to produce a milk extract of wildspikenard (Vagnera. racemosa (L.) moroul), which is designed for use asa remedy for hemorrhoids or bleeding piles.

In making the extract I take approximately four ounces of the root towhich I add approximately one quart or thirty three ounces of milk, andgradually bring the mixture to the boiling point, in an open vessel, andmaintain it at the boiling point until the volume of the milk isreduced, approximately, one third in quantity or measure, and then theextract is allowed to gradually cool. The resultant product is anextract formed of soluble constituents of the root which have combinedwith constituents of the milk, for which they have an affinity.

This milk extract of spikenard, I have discovered to be especiallyeflicacious in allaying the inflammation, reducing the dilatation, andhealing the veins of the lower part of the rectum incident to piles orhemorrhoids, and in a comparatively short time giving very pronouncedrelief. The extract is taken internally, and in doses of approximatelyeleven ounces of the fluid extract at each administration, at intervalsof twelve hours apart.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim isThe Within described milk extract of wild spikenard.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. DAVIS. Witnesses:

PETER CURRY, ARTHUR PRYER.

